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SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAY GONDUGTORS.

Patented Apr, 8, 1890 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD J. KILIAN, OF MILIVAUKEE, IVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TODUSTIN ATIVOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC-RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,101, dated April 8,1890.

Application filed December 21, 1889. Serial No. 334,561. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CONRAD J. KILIAN, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Supports for Electric-Railway Conductors; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a brace or stay connecting the opposite postsused for sustaining the transmission-wires in electrical railways, andits object is to prevent the weight imposed upon the cross-wires fromdragging the posts inward and either bending or breaking them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing twoposts, the connecting cross-wire or sustaining-wire between them, and myimproved arch or brace and its connections. Figs. 2 and 3 show in detailthe connections between my improved brace and the posts.

A A are the posts, preferably formed of joints of iron pipe or singlepieces of iron pipe, in order to gain the requisite strength withoutundue weight.

B is the cross-wire, connected in the usual way to the posts A A, andprovided with proper insulation.

C O are the transmission-wires, which serve to transmit the current tothe motor machinery upon the car from a suitable source of power.

D is a connecting-beam,preferably arched, as shown, and by preferenceformed of a light T-rail of a shape in section shown at Fig. 2. The endsof this arched rail are inserted in blocks E E, formed of cast-iron orother suitable material, the lower ends of which are attached byinsertion in the upper ends of the posts A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.If it is desired to attach these very strongly, the upper ends of theposts A may be provided with an interior thread, into which the threadedends of the blocks E may be screwed, and a set-screw F may be employedto strongly connect the arched connecting-bar D and the blocks E E. Fromnear the center of the arched bar D the depending wires G G are and thewhole forms a very stiff and strong connection between the posts A A anda powerful support for the transmitt-ing-wires.

I is the slot for the reception of the end of the beam D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In an electric railway,the combination of the posts A A, a connecting brace or beam D,sustaining-wire B,hangers G G, and transmitting-wires O O, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the posts A A, a sustaining-wire B,transmitting-wire C, a connecting-beam D, and hanger G, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In a support for overhead electric conductors, the combination of arigid cross-brace and a pair of posts provided at or near their upperends with blocks which have slots for the reception of the ends of saidbrace, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

at. In a support for overhead electric conductors, the combination, witha rigid crossbrace, of a pair of posts provided with blocks having slotsfor the reception of the ends of said brace, and set-screws by whichsaid brace is fastened in said blocks, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. In a support for overhead electric con ductors, the combination of apair of posts, an arched brace and a cross wire or rod attached at theends to said posts and connected at the intermediate point or points,and a hanger by which the electric conductor is suspended thereon,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a support for overhead electric 0011- ductors, the combination ofa pair of posts a cross wire or red attached at the ends to said and anarched cross-brace and cross rod or posts, and an electric conductorsuspended wire attached at the ends to said posts and 0011- from saidtruss by a suitable hanger, substan- I 5 stituting a truss by which theposts are pretially as and for the purposes set forth.

5 vented from tipping toward each other and the In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as conductoris suspended between them, and an my ownI at'fix my signature in presence of two intermediate connection betweensaid crosswitnesses. brace and wire or red, by which they are pre- Y n7- J A Vented from spreading, substantially as and (Oh RAD J kn I 1\ IOfor the purposes set forth. \Vitnesses:

7. The combination, with a pair of posts, of E. H. BOTTUM, a trussconsisting of an arched cross-brace and ARTHUR \V. ENSOR.

